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TOPFIVE.COM'S LITTLE FIVERS -- MOVIES
It practically writes itself!
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January 10, 2003
NOTE FROM KRISTIAN:
In release now for 6 weeks, Disney's
Treasure Planet has made less than $36 million.
Eight Crazy Nights has made only $23 mil,
barely covering Adam Sandler's paycheck.
The Top 9 Signs an Animated Movie Is in Trouble
9. Gene Siskel comes back from the dead just to pan it.
8. Entertainment Tonight's "Box Office" graphic is Mickey Mouse
getting the crap beaten out of him by Vin Diesel.
7. The lead character disappears halfway through the film when
he refuses to be drawn into the movie anymore.
6. Looking back, perhaps there were better choices for a title
than "Shrek Dies".
5. The only fast food tie-in you could obtain was Arthur
Treacher.
4. Walt Disney's slow grave-spin now up to a swift 120 RPM.
3. Two out of three kids ask if they can trade in their Happy
Meal toy for more napkins.
2. Toys for Tots rejects the movie's action figures as "too
depressing".
and the Number 1 Sign an Animated Movie Is in Trouble...
1. In a nation-wide survey of youngsters, viewing your movie
placed right below "getting booster shots".
[ Copyright 2003 by Chris White ]
[ www.topfive.com ]
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